• Time Period
  • c. 1150

  • Key Dates
  • B)
  • H

  • General Terms
  • Abutment
  • archivolt
  • bay
  • butress
  • campanile
  • cluster pier, compound pier
  • compound pier
  • crossing
  • jamb
  • mandorla
  • portal
  • program
  • quadrant vaulting, half-barrel vaulting
  • radiating chapels
  • reliquary
  • ribbed vault
  • rosette
  • stringcourse
  • transverse rib
  • tribune
  • trumeau
  • tympanum

AAT-Chp. 10- Romanesque
c. 1150

Reading

  • Art Through the Ages: Chapter 10: Romanesque Art

Romanesque
c. 1150

  • Feudalism; pilgrimage roads; Crusades; relics and reliquaries; Song of Roland
  • Sainte-Foy (Conques); Saint-Pierre (Moissac); Saint-Lazare (Autun); Pisa
  • Rib vaults; barrel vaults; groin vaults
  • Stavelot Triptych; manuscripts
  • Stave church (Norway); stone interlace
  • Bayeux "Tapestry"; Battle of Hastings (1066); Norman conquest of Britain
  • Precursors of Gothic: Caen; Durham


Aerial view of Sante-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France. (c. 1050-1120)
Photo© Allan Kohl
Courtesy of Art Images for College Teaching

Plan of Sante-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France. (c. 1050-1120)

Nave interior of Sante-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France. (c. 1050-1120)

             10th c French Romanesque Metalwork


St. Foy. Reliquary statue.
c. 900-999
Romanesque
Conques. Rouerge. France.
Conques. Abbey Church of Saint Foy. Treasury.
WorldArt Web Kiosk
Photo© Kathleen Cohen

 

After reading Chapter 10, you should be able to:

  • Identify all works and define the terms in the chapter.
  • Describe economic and political developments at the origin of the Romanesque period.
  • Label a map of the pilgrimage roads, indicating some of the major stops along the way.
  • Describe the Liber Sancti, Solomon's Temple, and the Holy Sepulcher.
  • Discuss the role of relics and reliquaries.
  • Draw and label a plan of Sainte-Foy.
  • Describe developments in architecture that resulted from the influx of pilgrims.
  • Diagram and label a Romanesque portal.
  • Diagram the three main Romanesque vaulting systems.
  • Discuss the purpose and iconography of the Romanesque tympanums.
  • Using examples from the chapter, describe the use of interlace.
  • Label a plan of the Romanesque cathedral complex at Pisa.
  • Describe Romanesque mural painting style.
  • Describe the narrative, technique, and political purpose of the Bayeux Tapestry.
  • Explain why Caen and Durham are considered precursors of Gothic.

Resources:

Videos

  • Art of the Western World: Volume 1: A White Garment of Churches: Romanesque and Gothic (55 min, VM)
  • First Crusade (54 min, 1994, VM )
  • Italian Romanesque: Architecture - Sculpture - Painting. (26 min, 1994, VM, RMI)
  • Shadow of the Templars. (50 min, 1995, VM)